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Corregidora

Gayl Jones

From Shelf: Black History Month

AS HEARD ON THE BACKLISTED PODCAST'No novel about any Black woman could ever be the same after this' TONI MORRISON'Corregidora (1975), was both shocking and ground-breaking in its probing of the psychological legacy of slavery and sexual ownership' MAYA JAGGI, GUARDIAN 'Corregidora is the most brutally honest and painful revelation of what has occurred, and is occurring, in the souls of Black men and women' JAMES BALDWIN'A literary giant, and one of my absolute favourite writers' TAYARI JONES, author of AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE'An American writer with a powerful sense of vital inheritance, of history in the blood' JOHN UPDIKE, NEW YORKERUpon publication in 1975, Corregidora was hailed as a masterpiece, winning acclaim from writers including James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and John Updike. Exploring themes such as race, sexuality and the long repercussions of slavery, this powerful novel paved the way for Beloved and The Colour Purple. Blues singer Ursa is consumed by her hatred of Corregidora, the nineteenth-century slave master who fathered both her mother and grandmother. Charged with 'making generations' to bear witness to the abuse embodied in the family name, Ursa Corregidora finds herself unable to keep alive this legacy when she is made sterile in a violent fight with her husband. Haunted by the ghosts of a Brazilian plantation, pained by a present of lovelessness and despair, Ursa slowly and firmly strikes her own terms with womanhood.Also new to the VMC list: Eva's Man and The Healing by Gayl Jones.

Format:
Electronic book text
Pages:
208
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN:
9780349012131
Published Date:
29/1/2019
Category:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Format: Electronic book text

ISBN: 9780349012131

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